Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-01
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nanans a d afraass fnpaasst1s 70 eozm.
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. asaat Aalsf 10 EoAa sfa nnfaeF IN
Aisaes ox zaoErafne-
Fer sixsean ys4fs there has beer no
VA IL Easeps sxsaps ne ahasp struggle
heswssn Kassia sad Taskny IL 1878.
Durinx tAaas stxtasn years esssy Ears-
psan nassen, exoaps Rnasand, has
basn mskins nnFsmitsIng sxsrfisns 10
prepazs itself for Gar. Tha inssufivs
eanias Of Francs, 0armany, Anstfia,
Isaly and Rnaaia hiss been Mxsd ss ths
afmest ia he ssnrah for explosives
mora powerful than any that The world
had yet known. mnd 10 DESIGNING HFs
Arms whfch could BE- fred - sapidIy -
) mAa ezn anap bis hnasFs. The a.
engls have nes bsan aiszppoiatsnR.
Erancs, Germany aud RnMia casa pee
esaa rev explosive and he inventors
os each elaim fhst Il viii blew Whole
rseimsnss into essrnisy ~ . single en-
piosion. Carmen and naertaFs have
been designed 10 hurI. for Iona dis
tanosn, the deadly missiles whish cen
tain thoss explosives, and small afms
hmye bssn rsdnead 70 state Of par
seosien which swensy avs years $50
would have ssemsd "A alter impossi.
hility. Tho sexs var will be terrthly
deaffaetivs Of human life. fer, II the
nav Inventions prove 70 b - powsrfui
tnstrumsnta Of destruction - Il claim
"a, thsy viii be almost ~ great "a 3D.
vases on the mnxxie leading arms Of =
qnaFteE 81 santuEy aeo IS the latter
we're apen the cluha and boss Of iwen-
81 centuries SEQ.
Bns the coming waF viii n0t be re-
snarkabis alone for the new Inventions
frat pat 10 . practical test. Il 10 esii-
mated THAI 3 general var IL Earope
wsuld cell Into the Geld 30 less than
nina niIlion soldiers. and The nnnbsF
would probably sxsssd rather than fall
below that total, great ~ IL 10. The
rnasntenance Of such IN enormous nBm-
Der Of lighters would exhaust even saeh
constituent - Europe, and she oloss Of
the struggle woald witness ruin. bank
Fuptoy and ssaFvasion on every. hand.
Indsed, Il wonld b. foFtanats " Il did
not witness almost ehaoa itself, for ruin
and suffering would Be likely TO create .
blaze Of Eoclaiistls revolution from ons
end OF Europs 10 the other.
whsa the smoke has elsAred away,
wondnoas changes will be seen. There
ere Only two nations whish can 40
thE0aeh she struggle without absolute
financial exhaustion. These two ere
Germany and Great Britain. Russia
will be 90 exhausted that, even theugh
she IA victorious. shs will be incapable
Of fagahsF exegtion for many yeaEs.
Turkey will 10 no longer EaFopsan
pp~eF. Austria will be utterly exhausted
ard on the verge Of dissolution. Italy
will b. staggering andeF q debt which
will tax her yonna powers 10 the utmost.
France, II heaaen again, will be aII but
biostea from the list % nations, and. il
she IL snssssaful, heS faie will be little
better, for her government IL nov labor
Inc under . dsht which can never be
paid and which, instead Of Diminishing.
increases year By year. Germany wilI
sitheF be utterly shattered or will be-
the eomplste master Of she situation.
As for Great Britain. her influence a. 4
Continental power hiss been waning
ever since the Berlin Conference, and
the great struggle woald probably extin-
Ruish II entirely.
The united States wouid be lefa The
most poveFfnl naiion on earth. Flnan-
clal exhaustion woald compel the almost
total disarmament Of aueh Of the Eu-
rcpean nations 81 we're not swept out Of
existence during She struggle OF during
The era OF nnrssa which would fellow.
While all Europe was pouring out blood
and money like water, America alone
veuld be FsaplnR any benefit from the
strugRis. Bat even that bsns6t woald
be Loaf during the years OF depression
and stagaasioE which wonld follow the
elesn o. hossilislea.
As 10 the probability Of war IN lhe
near future liifis need be said. Indeed,
little oan be said. Il Ia certain that all
she powers fear var. bat nothing else h
certain. Indeed, II Is probable that o.
much money has been expended In en-
tFaoFdinafy preparations for war during
The past ssx months ~ vas spent auring
any siARle rear Of shs NapOleonic vars.
The ncss Married indications Of i'm.
pendinR hcstilitIss are ths calling ous Of
the Austrian Landsturm. whish
is decidedly q var measure. lhe
prohibition Of the expectation Of
hsFsea By the German, AuaeriAn.
Russian and French ROsesauenta. and
the partial mobilization OF the Russian
and Austrian armies. These thiags
probably indicate Oaly that the states
men Of Europe regard she situation o.
very grave. A few weeks will tell
whether 1851 is 70 be q ysaE Of peace or
q year Of battles.
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